Day: June 10, 2015
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Phoenix or Sisyphus? Identifying the pattern of Russia’s recurrent quest for great power status
Mark N. Katz, Special to Addis Standard Russians take pride in how whenever Russia has experienced a severe blow to its ability to play the role of a great power in the past, Russia has every time been able to recover and re-emerge as one—often in a very short period of time. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 was…
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